The Pleiades in the dust of molecular clouds.

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Dec 25th, 2023

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The Pleiades in the dust of molecular clouds.

NGC 1456IC 336IC 1941IC 1990NGC 1432NGC 1435NGC 1497NGC 1508NGC 1539IC 341IC 349IC 353IC 354IC 355IC 357IC 359IC 360IC 1995IC 2016

Resolution:: 5208x3584 px
File size:: 8488 KB

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Photo description / processing

This shot was taken, as they say, "as a bonus," shortly before dawn in the second half of August. The shooting location was Altai, a gray zone. AZ-GTi(EQ) without guiding, polar alignment was done by compass, so exposures were 30 seconds each.

Technical information

Telescope/Lens: Samyang 135mm f/2
Camera: Canon 5DaMark lll
Mount: Sky-Watcher AZ-GTI

Location: Новосибирск, Россия

Light pollution

Gray, Bortle 2 zone

Date taken: Dec 24th, 2023

Exposure

113 × 30″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Dec 24th, 2023

Total exposure: 57 m

Comments

vkorovak

Wow, how neat and beautiful

Dec 25th, 2023

Polyakov AlekseyReply to vkorovak

Thank you! I might argue about the "carefulness" part—there's a lot I don't like, but it can be fixed either with deep Photoshop work or by accumulating more signal. So I'll keep collecting photons—there's plenty of room to grow!)))

Dec 26th, 2023

vkorovakReply to Polyakov Aleksey

I think it turned out really well—few stars, lots of dust, super!

Dec 26th, 2023